Squash in Egypt

Obviously besides tennis, squash, and racquet ball pros. Somebody below asked about the tennis skills of NFL players and it got me to thinking about the overall question of which sports people are also good or great at tennis.

My vote would be ice hockey players. I know Rob Brindamour is a terrific tennis player. Also baseball infielders. I’ve heard that Mike Schmidt is a great tennis player, although he prefers golf now.

Of course NFL players are great athletes, but I wonder if their size slows them down on a tennis court?

I would say soccer players. A lot of the athletic attributes required are the same. They are extremely fit and not overly muscled, and usually tend to be a similar size to tennis players.
Size can help in tennis, but not when taken to extremes. NFL stars would be too heavily built to be flexible. Sure they can run quickly, but the sudden directional changes in tennis would be tough for them. Not to mention that you need loose muscles to hit a tennis ball hard, not bulging biceps. Basketball players are tall enough to potentially hit good serves, but the height would really be a huge hindrance to movement. There are very few exceptionally tall tennis stars who have had much success, and most have been prone to injuries as well. Although tennis is not a contact sport, it is very hard on joints. Too much height or bulk is usually not a good thing.

I’m looking for a good answer for this to retort back to the high and holier than though squash players.

I much prefer racquetball. It is faster paced and just a little more dangerous. Squash players are wimps.

I was wondering if anyone could help me get in touch with my old buddy, I lost contact with him years ago, cheers
Olli

I personally have no idea who this is or how to get in contact with him, and I doubt anyone else on here does either (sorry) but why not try one of these people finder links? Try to be as specific as possible, but try to see if you can find the most reliable site (if that is possible on the internet)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=person+finder

How similar/different are the skills involved in excelling in both games? What about the strength, speed, and racquet swing required?

Please answer only if you have had experience playing both.

well thats a weird question. are you looking into playing squash anna? lol

In squash if the raquet falls from the player’s hand or if the player falls himself is it a let or stroke?

let ball

As long as my positioning is correct and the ball strikes the correct part of the court am i able to serve in squash as a player does in tennis… i.e. overhead? Are there any restrictions on the height of the racket etc….

not an expert, but i’m 99% sure that is ok, played with a couple of decent players (county level) and they have varied their serve a fair bit

No.

It depends on how fit you are D and how much you really want to play such a pointless game.

i m 17 yrs old and have never played these games before…..but is it possible 2 become 1 if i start at this age and work really very hard?

No unless you are incredibily gifted, lucky and can afford all the time off so you can train.

Im still stuck on this college assignment. I’ve decided to work at it a bit at a time. So any idea where would be a good place to start? and how to continue till it’s done? i need to find the fitness results (bleep test ect) of an elite racket player.

you can ask any worker of a sports complex whether an elite racket player comes and play here ,u can meet a player like this and then ask him all your questions… thanksssss

I’ve been playing squash for a year now and my belly is not decreasing in size. In fact, I noticed that there are very good squash players and they have a body like they don’t exercise at all. What am I doing wrong? How can I get rid of my belly?

solely playing squash is not enough to burn off the fat in your belly. if you want to lose that fat you must do some aerobic exercise daily (running, biking, swimming) and watch your fat intake. Doing all of these religiously will give you that desired flat belly.

They throw the ball out of these scoops on their arms and the other team has to catch it!
It was in an episode of Miami Vice once I think!
Is this a real game or fictional?

It’s called jai lai, and it’s pretty popular in other cultures.

USA has many squash courts, many trainners, including some of the best former players in the world, economic facilities, and many PSA tournaments with the higher money awards in the world.

Ummmmm, squash. With butter and brown sugar of course

I’ve seen squash players with these really cool looking yellow and black court shoes and I’d really like to get a pair. Does anyone know a website or a store I can order from in the states?

Try this http://www.pwp.com/squash.asp

I’ve been playing squash since I was 11. It’s an extremely fast-paced sport requiring a lot of skill. What I’ve never understood is why squash is oten equated with snobbery in American popular culture. Frasier and his snooty brother played squash. Woody Allen’s Manhattan friends play. Michael Douglass played squash in Wall Street. In Fracture, the DA tells the main character that he won’t fit into the corporate law firm he’s joining because "those guys play squash". And whenever they actually show the characters playing, they look like they’re dressed for cricket and clearly have no technique whatsoever.

When you look at the top squash players in the world, they are just down to earth people from UK, Australia, Egypt, Malaysia and other commonwealth countries. For many years, the game was dominated by Pakistani players from extremely poor backgrounds. How then do Americans figure that it’s a rich person’s game?

This is a great question. I’m from the U.S. and played on my high school and college teams in the ’80′s. I think the short answer is that in the rest of the world, I’m not sure squash is considered much different from badminton or table tennis or snooker. I’ve played in the UK with regular guys who kept a pint outside the court to freshen up between games.

In the US historically I think it’s a different story. Squash mostly became a game played in prep schools and Ivy League colleges and private clubs, and has been for most of its history centered in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, as well as DC (where I played after college). Until the 1990′s, the game was different in North America than in the rest of the world: the ball was harder, the court smaller, and the scoring differernt. This North American "hardball" game didn’t mix the the international "softball" game. But after the international game took over, the game may have lost some of its American whiteness.

Still, I don’t think it’s spread too far into the general public, and is mostly an upper middle class game for Americans as well as for the kinds of educated non-Americans who come here to work in academia and professional jobs.

It’s a pity if that’s true, because it’s a beautiful game more people should know about.

Hope that helps.

i do not know whether squash players use different balls for practice or competion

I believe that people at the top of their game may even use very slow (double yellow spot) as you have to really hit them to get them moving, and they can take a lot of thrashing. Me and an old squash partner used them regularly and always found they gave us the best, most competetive and most exhausting game.

I would recommend starting out with a fast ball if you’re a beginner then working up through medium to the slowest ball.

I imagine professionals have personal favourites and my well use different speed balls for practice and competition, but I’d say the slower the ball, the better you have to be to play with it.

I am turning 16 this september & i enjoy playing squash. I’m wondering if it will be too late for me to turn professional or really really good squash player?

no way – go for it!

What for do these players use squash balls? As a substitute for cricket balls?? What’s it’s use???
Ok there was a question about Mahendra Dhoni using squash balls, But i really don’t know if he uses Squash balls, and i’m only asking what’ll happen if squash balls r used.

I heard about it. That Gilly used a squash ball inside his gloved so he could hit well in World Cup last year.
It was considered legal.
Never heard Dhoni using it. But even if he did or does, it is no matter. It has been sanctioned and approved by ICC.
So nothing to worry about. Dhoni will not do anything illegal to jeopardize his career